State of the Art: Ultrasonics in Medicine

Preface. Special lecture in AFSUMB 2004. The history of real time ultrasound (J.C. Somer). Challenging technology. Ubiquitous ultrasound imaging (Juin-Jet Hwang). An overview of bone sonometry (P. Laugier). Focusing applicator for SoFT: thermal therapy using fibres (T. Moriya, Y. Tanahashi). A dream for realization of high-speed 3D volume image by lens focused method (I. Kaihou). Basics and clinics of the contrast imaging. Physical properties of ultrasound contrast agents (N. Kudo, K. Yamamoto). Update of ultrasound contrast imaging (N. Kamiyama). Elasticity imaging. Recent progress of ultrasound elasticity imaging technology (T. Shiina et al.). Elasticity imaging of atheroma with transcutaneous ultrasound both in longitudinal-axis and short-axis planes (H. Kanai, H. Hasegawa, N. Nakagawa). Usefulness of ultrasonic strain measurement-based mechanical properties imaging technique - toward realization of combined rapid diagnosis/treatment (C. Sumi et al.). Ultrasound elastomicroscopy using water beam indentation: preliminary study (M.H. Lu, Y.P. Zheng, Q.H. Huang). Analysis of the ultrasound images. Investigation of blood under pulsatile flow using ultrasound imaging (D.-G. Paeng, M.J. Choi, K.K. Shung). Analysis of ultrasonography (W. Yi, W. Yong, Z. Baoping). Basic ultrasonic characteristics of atherosclerosis measured by intravascular ultrasound and acoustic microscopy (Y. Saijo et al.). Bioeffect and safety of ultrasound. Ultrasound safety: overview and what we do need in daily clinics for a safe use of diagnostic ultrasound (M. Natori). Impact of bubbles on ultrasound safety (N. Kudo, K. Yamamoto). Biological effects of low intensity therapeutic ultrasound in vitro: the potentials for therapy and the implications on safety of diagnostic ultrasound (L.B. Feril Jr., T. Kondo). Comparison of platelet activation and hepatic